Release-critical Bugreport for November 7, 2003

2003-11-07 Thread BugScan reporter
Bug stamp-out list for Nov 7 06:00 (CST) Total number of release-critical bugs: 677 Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 46 Number that have a patch: 84 Number that have a fix prepared and waiting to upload: 34 Number that are being ignored: 16 Number on packages

[cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Thomas Labourdette
Bonjour, Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été corrigé dans le paquet sid ? Merci -- Thomas Labourdette

Re: [cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Michel Grentzinger
Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 11:59, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Bonjour, Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été corrigé dans le paquet sid ? Différentes façons de le savoir : http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html

Re: [cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Thomas Labourdette
Le Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:20:27PM +0100, Michel Grentzinger écrivait: Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 11:59, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été corrigé dans le paquet sid ? Différentes façons de le savoir :

Re: [cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Michel Grentzinger
Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 17:10, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Le Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:20:27PM +0100, Michel Grentzinger écrivait: Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 11:59, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été

Re: [cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Thomas Labourdette
Le Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:34:07PM +0100, Michel Grentzinger écrivait: Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 11:59, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été corrigé dans le paquet sid ? Je ne connais pas les détails

Re: [cvs] fichier manquant

2003-11-07 Thread Thomas Labourdette
Le Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:34:07PM +0100, Michel Grentzinger écrivait: Le Vendredi 7 Novembre 2003 11:59, Thomas Labourdette a écrit : Dans le paquet CVS 1.12.1-7 (sarge) il manque le script cvs-makerepos. Est-ce que ça été corrigé dans le paquet sid ? Je ne connais pas les détails

Re: Bug#219507: ITP: gtkscintilla2 -- Gtk-2 wrappers for the Scintilla source editing components

2003-11-07 Thread Joe Drew
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:23, Jonathan Oxer wrote: * Package name: gtkscintilla2 Description : Gtk-2 wrappers for the Scintilla source editing components GTK+ is spelled with all CAPS and a + at the end. Also, I think you can omit the -2 - it is implied in the dependencies. (Also, I

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-07 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003, John Belmonte wrote: However in your package, assuming it is compiling GPL'd modules and including them in the library, is producing an object file governed by the terms of the GPL. Therefore your license field should read only GPL. Last time I checked we didn't have

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2003-11-07 Thread Wyman Passamonti
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Re: Bug#217265 acknowledged by developer (Bug#217265: fixed in abiword 2.0.1+cvs.2003.11.07-1)

2003-11-07 Thread Joe Drew
reopen 217265 thanks On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 00:18, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: * New upstream release (CVS snapshot) - Now uses STABLE branch - closes: #217265 No, please, use only *released* versions. I have been hurt many times by AbiWord being broken because of something which

Trying to understand updating orbit2 makes 79 packages unintallable ...

2003-11-07 Thread Joe Buck
I'm trying to figure out the reason why orbit2 is blocked from testing, see http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=orbit2 I understand the problem in principle: there is/are some package/s that needs the older version of orbit2, and the other uninstallable packages depend on these.

Re: Bug#217265: acknowledged by developer (Bug#217265: fixed in abiword 2.0.1+cvs.2003.11.07-1)

2003-11-07 Thread Masayuki Hatta
severity 217265 wishlist thanks In [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 00:18, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: * New upstream release (CVS snapshot) - Now uses STABLE branch - closes: #217265 No, please, use only *released* versions. I

Re: Exec-Shield vs. PaX

2003-11-07 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Yven Johannes Leist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I for one would love to see a security announcement one day, which contains something like: All users running the standard Debian kernel are not affected, since the special security features the Debian kernel contains prevent the

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * GOTO Masanori [Fri, Nov 07 2003, 01:43:15PM]: Sorry, users will still ask. They always ask. Users still think that updating /usr/include/linux to point to /usr/src/linux/include/linux is the right thing to do. And then, which package does provide /usr/src/linux

Re: Re: Re: Advices on choosing a documentation license for an upstreamproject

2003-11-07 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Joe Buck wrote, in http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00376.html: The GPL requires that anyone who receives the work also either receives the source for the work (the preferred form for making changes), or... Not quite; it requires that anyone *given* the work is

Re: Bug#219277: ITP: gnusound -- Powerful sound editor

2003-11-07 Thread Duck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Coin, Gnusound is using OSS only. Yet, afaik there's no plan to add Alsa/Esd/Arts/... support. The included TODO file reads that the upstream author is likely to fix many technical and cosmetic bug before adding big features. Duck -BEGIN PGP

Re: Trying to understand updating orbit2 makes 79 packages unintallable ...

2003-11-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:24:05PM -0800, Joe Buck wrote: I'm trying to figure out the reason why orbit2 is blocked from testing, see http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=orbit2 I understand the problem in principle: there is/are some package/s that needs the older version of

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: What not rename linux-kernel-headers to simple system-headers-linux? This will prevent confused users (or: lazy to read the description users) from asking this again and again. system-headers-linux is a bit vague and without

Re: binary patch

2003-11-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jonathan Oxer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:50, Martin Pitt wrote: But isn't rsync supposed to do this? I don't know exactly how efficiently it detects and compresses binary differences, but it definitely does it and not too bad. With rsync, you get both the easy

Re: Bug#219277: ITP: gnusound -- Powerful sound editor

2003-11-07 Thread Duck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Coin, You'r right, Powerful is not adequate, i just took author's descriptionw without taking care of it. I asked the author if it was possible to use it without gnome support and he said it was not, so i suggest this : s/Powerful /gnome /

Re: Exec-Shield vs. PaX

2003-11-07 Thread pageexec
The test incorrectly assumes that thread stacks are executable is not equivalent to thread stacks are non-executable. And there's no conflict in what i say above. ok, i was quoting too much and you interpreted the wrong part. the bit i was referring to is this: I suspect we both agree that

Re: Exec-Shield vs. PaX

2003-11-07 Thread Cameron Patrick
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:15:06PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I suspect we both agree that it's desirable to have thread stacks | non-executable as well. | | on one hand you acknowledge that it's better to have non-exec thread | stacks but on the other hand you argued that | | it's

Re: ITP: ircd-ptlink -- IRC Server from PTlink

2003-11-07 Thread Duck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This ITP was badly written as it was my first attempt, sorry. Here is a better one with an improved Description : * Package name: ircd-ptlink Version : 2.23.6 Upstream Author : PTlink Coders team [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL or Web page :

Re: ITP: ircd-ptlink -- IRC Server from PTlink

2003-11-07 Thread Duck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Coin, This ITP was badly written as it was my first attempt, sorry. Here is a better one with an improved Description : * Package name: ircd-ptlink Version : 6.16.1 Upstream Author : PTlink Coders team [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL or Web

Bug#219575: ITP: sound-icons -- Sounds to be used for event signalization in speech enabled applications

2003-11-07 Thread Milan Zamazal
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: sound-icons Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Brailcom, o.p.s. [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.freebsoft.org/pub/projects/sound-icons/ * License : GPL Description : Sounds to be used for event

Re: Accepted vile 9.4-c1 (powerpc sparc i386 source all)

2003-11-07 Thread Thomas Dickey
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 20:04:54 +1100 Source: vile Binary: xvile vile-filters vile vile-common Architecture: all i386 powerpc source sparc Version: 9.4-c1 Distribution: unstable Urgency:

Re: Debconf in Brazil?

2003-11-07 Thread Andre Filipe de Assuncao e Brito
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:13:46 -0200 Michelle Ribeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Em Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:42:03 +0100 Steve McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: Hi, Hmm, yes. Anyone speak Portuguese? :-) We are talking in english in the list. Fell free to join us. Hi Me too! Nice to

Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: linux Version : 2.4.22 Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS * URL : http://www.kernel.org/ * License : GPL

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Ryan Underwood
Hi, On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:45:32AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: What not rename linux-kernel-headers to simple system-headers-linux? This will prevent confused users (or: lazy to read the description users) from

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-07 Thread John Belmonte
Peter Palfrader wrote: Last time I checked we didn't have License fields, so this discussion is pointless. Indeed, I was imagining some other world. In any case, I'd assume that the license field of the ITP is going to reflect the contents of the package copyright file. -- http:// if ile.o

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:37:35PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: * Package name: linux Version : 2.4.22 Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS * URL :

buildd dpkg was interrupted

2003-11-07 Thread Paul Telford
One of my packages just failed to build on m68k with the message: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. I noticed that a couple of other packages on this arch have also just failed to build with the same message. Does the buildd

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
Hi! I think you haven't read my previous mail: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00204.html Please have a look at it, my response below assumes you did. On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:56:38AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: As an academic exercise this is

Re: buildd dpkg was interrupted

2003-11-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op vr 07-11-2003, om 17:21 schreef Paul Telford: One of my packages just failed to build on m68k with the message: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. That's kullervo. I noticed that a couple of other packages on this arch have

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Poole
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:56:38AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: As an academic exercise this is fine and dandy, but having two competing packagings of the same _basic_ component can't do us any good. This isn't a competing package. As I said

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:22:08PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: [another version of the linux-kernel in tha archive] I think you haven't read my previous mail: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00204.html Please have a look at it, my response below assumes

Re: kernel package names (was Re: Package libc6-dev depends on linux-kernel-headers)

2003-11-07 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:14:31PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: On 05-Nov-03, 19:14 (CST), Jonathan Dowland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in two minds whether or not to ask this, but I've been wondering about the naming scheme for linux packages - kernel-*. Why not linux-kernel-* or

some packages from incoming are not going into sid

2003-11-07 Thread Noèl Köthe
Hello, is there any reason why packages, which are already accepted and now are in incoming.d.o are not moving to the archives? for example http://incoming.debian.org/wget_1.9-1_m68k.deb is there since 2003-11-04. Other packages like xmule or webmin are having the same problem. Whats the

Re: some packages from incoming are not going into sid

2003-11-07 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Noèl Köthe wrote: Hello, is there any reason why packages, which are already accepted and now are in incoming.d.o are not moving to the archives? for example http://incoming.debian.org/wget_1.9-1_m68k.deb is there since 2003-11-04. Other packages like xmule or webmin

Re: some packages from incoming are not going into sid

2003-11-07 Thread James Troup
Noèl Köthe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is there any reason why packages, which are already accepted and now are in incoming.d.o are not moving to the archives? for example http://incoming.debian.org/wget_1.9-1_m68k.deb is there since 2003-11-04. Other packages like xmule or webmin are having

Re: some packages from incoming are not going into sid

2003-11-07 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Noèl Köthe wrote: is there any reason why packages, which are already accepted and now are in incoming.d.o are not moving to the archives? for example http://incoming.debian.org/wget_1.9-1_m68k.deb is there since 2003-11-04. That's because wget starts with w. Other

Bug#219631: ITP: multi-aterm -- X terminal emulator with multiple tabbed sessions

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Mayer
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-11-07 Severity: wishlist * Package name: multi-aterm Version : 0.0.5 Upstream Author : Alexis [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.materm.tuxfamily.org/materm.html * License : GPL Description : X terminal

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Michael Poole wrote: As a user, I have never been confused by Debian's normal Linux kernel packages. What specific benefits would your proposed package offer? At least, the ability to do apt-get source linux as it should always have been. I think it's time we put an

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
[ Please keep CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:57:28AM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: Having options for the sake of having options is, frankly, a hideously stupid design doctrine. Whose life will this package make easier? As a user, I have never been confused by Debian's

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Robert Millan [Fri, Nov 07 2003, 02:37:35PM]: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: linux Version : 2.4.22 Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS *

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
Hi Eduard, On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 05:58:36PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: Before you do any such things, please ask whether anybody has more important things to change on the kernel packagement. And, believe me, there are ideas for the post-Herbert era. And now make you ready for the

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 06:12:20PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: quote a good choice for the power user, who typicaly wants to re-compile Linux perself, apply per's own set of patches, etc. However, I feel that an option for newbie users to install forget just like we do for every Debian

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:19:23PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: [ Please keep CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:57:28AM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: Having options for the sake of having options is, frankly, a hideously stupid design doctrine. Whose life will this

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Michael Poole
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are (at least) the following benefits: - Easy understanding of the package. Developers looking at the package will find every piece in the place Debian packages normaly put it. The binaries are in .deb, pristine upstream sources are in

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:00:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: You have not obsoleted any of the kernel patch packages. It's not my intention to obsolete anything, but whenever I have to add my own patches they will be in debian/patches directory where people expect them to be, not in a

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:32:02PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:00:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: Have you perhaps noticed that the kernels from every architecture build from different source packages? Why don't you spend a little time working out why this

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:32:02PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: Have you perhaps noticed that the kernels from every architecture build from different source packages? Why don't you spend a little time working out why this is so, what the issues are with trying to do it from one package,

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Otto Wyss
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:45:32AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: What not rename linux-kernel-headers to simple system-headers-linux? This will prevent confused users (or: lazy to read the description users) from asking

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:19:20PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: This is a meaningless observation in the context of how the package should be structured. You said before: I have never been confused by Debian's \normal\ Linux kernel packages. I understand the confusion in the current

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Adam Heath
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, GOTO Masanori wrote: And then, which package does provide /usr/src/linux directory? none should.

FW: Half Priced Viagra

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message-From: Kerri Bowman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:48 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Half Priced Viagra

FW: Inventory Count Test

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message- From: Wagner,Kirby,GREENWICH,SAP Team Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:10 AM To: Winters,John,GREENWICH,Information Services Cc: Halliday,Steve,GREENWICH,Information Services Subject: RE: Inventory Count Test John, Please e-mail below

FW: Resolved Deduction Report

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message- From: Bryant,Susan,GREENWICH,Information Services Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:24 PM To: Winters,John,GREENWICH,Information Services Subject: RE: Resolved Deduction Report Thanks for confirming. I think we will just leave it lie unless

FW: Invalid SAPOFFICE user ID in receiver list

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message- From: Fine,Paul,GREENWICH,Information Systems Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:31 PM To: Winters,John,GREENWICH,Information Services; Moffa,Robert,GREENWICH,Information Services Cc: Daley,Tom,GREENWICH,Information Services Subject: RE: Invalid SAPOFFICE user ID in

FW: rice doc status

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message- From: Melody,Thomas,GREENWICH,Information Services Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:09 PM To: Winters,John,GREENWICH,Information Services Cc: Fine,Paul,GREENWICH,Information Systems Subject: FW: rice doc status John, Was this

FW: rice doc

2003-11-07 Thread JWinters
-Original Message- From: Fine,Paul,GREENWICH,Information Systems Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:28 AM To: Winters,John,GREENWICH,Information Services; Melody,Thomas,GREENWICH,Information Services Subject: RE: rice doc I thought this was standard

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:35:52PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: I haven't noticed, so thanks for pointing this out. The fix is trivial, btw. If you think that, then you don't understand why they are all built separately. I don't need to understand that. They all require different

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:18:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:35:52PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: I haven't noticed, so thanks for pointing this out. The fix is trivial, btw. If you think that, then you don't understand why they are all built

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:35:54PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: I haven't noticed, so thanks for pointing this out. The fix is trivial, btw. No, the fix is a fucking huge amount of work, which is why nobody has done it before, even for the upstream kernel. Appliing patches dinamicaly

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:22:27PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:18:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: If you think that, then you don't understand why they are all built separately. I don't need to understand that. You don't need to understand the problem

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:48:06PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:22:27PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:18:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: If you think that, then you don't understand why they are all built separately. I don't

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:49:59PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: I wouldn't. I'm going to track the latest minor version, just like the rest of Debian packages do. And then you won't build on any architecture unless the architecture moves to that kernel version. This has been known

Version Updating Question

2003-11-07 Thread Mark Johnson
Hi All, I'm updating the docbook-simple package from V1.0cr2 to V1.0. Since 1.0cr2 1.0, I'm not sure how to handle the situation. Policy the Developers Reference imply that I upload V1.0 and file a bug against ftp.debian.org to have V1.0CR2 removed from the archive. This seems like an odd way

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:48:06PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: Then how do you suggest maintaining a kernel 2.4.20 for one architecture and a 2.4.22 for another architecture, when you can't even test on either of them? I wouldn't. I'm going to track the latest minor version, just like

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread viro
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:22:27PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: Then how do you suggest maintaining a kernel 2.4.20 for one architecture and a 2.4.22 for another architecture, when you can't even test on either of them? And how do you expect to ever upgrade the result without duplicating

Re: Version Updating Question

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:57:54PM -0500, Mark Johnson wrote: Hi All, I'm updating the docbook-simple package from V1.0cr2 to V1.0. Since 1.0cr2 1.0, I'm not sure how to handle the situation. Policy the Developers Reference imply that I upload V1.0 and file a bug against ftp.debian.org

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread viro
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:59:51PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:48:06PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: Then how do you suggest maintaining a kernel 2.4.20 for one architecture and a 2.4.22 for another architecture, when you can't even test on either of them?

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] - Automatical major updates (the x in 2.x.y). When 2.6 is suitable to be the default version, a simple change in -defaults package (ala gcc) would enforce updating on all existing systems that use this method. This prevents us from encountering

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:35:54PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: I haven't noticed, so thanks for pointing this out. The fix is trivial, btw. No, the fix is a fucking huge amount of work, which is why nobody has done it before, even for the

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Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Matthew Garrett
Robert Millan wrote: I wouldn't. I'm going to track the latest minor version, just like the rest of Debian packages do. You really, massively, hugely fail to understand the problem here. The upstream kernel tree works on a small number of architectures. To deal with this, several other

Re: Version Updating Question

2003-11-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
Mark Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm updating the docbook-simple package from V1.0cr2 to V1.0. Since 1.0cr2 1.0, I'm not sure how to handle the situation. Policy the Developers Reference imply that I upload V1.0 and file a bug against ftp.debian.org to have V1.0CR2 removed from the

Re: rice doc status

2003-11-07 Thread Jim Penny
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:55:25 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if you are virused, or if your sender has been spoofed, or what. Anyway, you might want to look into this. You appear to be spewing odd word documents people you don't know. Jim Penny -Original Message-

kde package description

2003-11-07 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
hello, most of the debian kde packages start with a description, what KDE is. I am not sure if it is a good idea to have such more geenric background info at the beginning of a package description. I would suggest something like: kuickshow: -- KDE image/slideshow viewer This package is part of

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:20:25PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:22:27PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: Then how do you suggest maintaining a kernel 2.4.20 for one architecture and a 2.4.22 for another architecture, when you can't even test on either of

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Brian May
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:13:18PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: At least, the ability to do apt-get source linux as it should always have been. I think it's time we put an end to this euphemism called the kernel and start calling it by its proper name (if we refer to Linux, that is).

Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

2003-11-07 Thread Herbert Xu
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: linux Version : 2.4.22 Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and others, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS * URL :

Re: Version Updating Question

2003-11-07 Thread Herbert Xu
Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cu and- I would not use an epoch unless I was forced to, ugly package versions go, epochs stay forever -reas You know what, version numbers stay forever too. Well, they would if it weren't for the epoch... -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is

Version Updating Question

2003-11-07 Thread Neil Roeth
On Nov 7, Mark Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm updating the docbook-simple package from V1.0cr2 to V1.0. Since 1.0cr2 1.0, I'm not sure how to handle the situation. 1.0.0 will do the trick, and I think that's cleaner than something like 1.0really. -- Neil Roeth

Re: rename linux-kernel-headers to system-headers

2003-11-07 Thread Graham Wilson
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:37:16PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:45:32AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:55:03PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: What not rename linux-kernel-headers to simple system-headers-linux? This will prevent

Accepted jspwiki 2.1.86-1 (all source)

2003-11-07 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:00:00 +0200 Source: jspwiki Binary: jspwiki Architecture: source all Version: 2.1.86-1 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Kalle Kivimaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Kalle Kivimaa [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted pybliographer 1.1.93-3 (all source)

2003-11-07 Thread Chris Lawrence
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:30:51 -0600 Source: pybliographer Binary: pybliographer Architecture: source all Version: 1.1.93-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Chris Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Chris Lawrence [EMAIL

Accepted nicotine 1.0.5-1 (all source)

2003-11-07 Thread Josselin Mouette
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:35:51 +0100 Source: nicotine Binary: nicotine Architecture: source all Version: 1.0.5-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: high Maintainer: Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Josselin Mouette [EMAIL

Accepted cpu 1.4.2-1 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Guido Trotter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:08:32 +0200 Source: cpu Binary: cpu Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.4.2-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Guido Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted rep-gtk 0.18-3 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Christian Marillat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:38:06 +0100 Source: rep-gtk Binary: rep-gtk-gnome rep-gtk Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.18-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Christian Marillat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Christian

Accepted leafnode 1.9.46.rel-1 (powerpc i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Mark Brown
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:07:17 + Source: leafnode Binary: leafnode Architecture: source i386 powerpc Version: 1.9.46.rel-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Mark Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Mark Brown [EMAIL

Accepted grub-installer 0.24 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:30:49 +0100 Source: grub-installer Binary: grub-installer Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.24 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Petter

Accepted lilo-installer 0.23 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:32:40 +0100 Source: lilo-installer Binary: lilo-installer Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.23 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Petter

Accepted tilp 6.68-4 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Julien BLACHE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:24:14 +0100 Source: tilp Binary: tilp Architecture: source i386 Version: 6.68-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Julien BLACHE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Julien BLACHE [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted vile 9.4-c1 (powerpc sparc i386 source all)

2003-11-07 Thread Brendan O'Dea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 20:04:54 +1100 Source: vile Binary: xvile vile-filters vile vile-common Architecture: all i386 powerpc source sparc Version: 9.4-c1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Brendan O'Dea [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted bbppp 0.2.3-3 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Andrew Pollock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:42:48 +1100 Source: bbppp Binary: bbppp Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.2.3-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian QA Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted bbtime 0.1.5-2 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Andrew Pollock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:44:48 +1100 Source: bbtime Binary: bbtime Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.1.5-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian QA Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accepted mixmaster 3.0a9-3 (i386 source)

2003-11-07 Thread Peter Palfrader
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:46:22 +0100 Source: mixmaster Binary: mixmaster Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.0a9-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Peter Palfrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Peter Palfrader [EMAIL

Accepted xmem 1.20-19 (powerpc source)

2003-11-07 Thread David N. Welton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:15:36 +0100 Source: xmem Binary: xmem Architecture: source powerpc Version: 1.20-19 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: David N. Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: David N. Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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